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CHURCH-SPONSORED HONDURAS PROJECT
HOUSTON, Texas--The vanguard of some 250 volunteers in a church-
sponsored mass vaccination project in Honduras prepares to leave from
the Houston, Texas, home base. Photo at left shows three students
leading a truck with medicines and other supplies. They are Rick
Keener, 17; Ed Frank, 16; and Ken Lindow, 18. At right is Maj.
Ruben Villanueva of the Honduran Army entering a Scout, one of seven
vehicles driven by the teams to the Central American country. He is
acting as a government liaison officer. Participating in the inter-
religious and interracial "Amigos de Honduras" project are physicians
and specially trained adults and students. They are visiting
designated rural areas in the western Honduras to innoculate men,
women and children against such diseases as smallpox, tuberculosis,
typhoid, typhus and tetanus. Sponsor and originator of the project
is River Oaks Baptist church in Houston. The interracial teams of
volunteers include Protestant, Catholic and Jewish workers.
Credit Must Read:
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JM-HOUS-6E-65-NAB)